Half-Life 2 Beta: Mega Build discussion thread

[fireguy117]

I JUST reinstalled megabuild yesterday lmao.
Time to do it again

[xHierophantx]

Anyone know how to fix this
"Unable to get engine factory"

[BlackRev]

everytime i try to install the new megabuild i get the following error:

ShellExecuteEx failed; code 1.
Incorrect function.

[CactusTown]

am I going insane or is the viewbob different now? did it get restored to the way it used to be?

[IceUnderWater]

How do i use the models in the bonus folder in the builds?

[IceUnderWater]

We don't have any map from that era, so no.
The One Epicplayer made a hyper-styled weapons pack with black leather hev suit arms. It will be included in Mega Patch as optional pack.

sorry if its a dumb question, but how do i use the optional packs? do i replace the files in each eras folder individualy?

[xHierophantx]

mega build 2024 version keeps telling me "unable to get engine factory"

[Kleinnman123]

am I going insane or is the viewbob different now? did it get restored to the way it used to be?

Indeed it did, It was how the viewbob used to be back then.

[Витой]

will the beta hud recreation have have hl1 weapon selection because the actual beta hud had the same weapon selection as hl1 which is proven by the weapon sprites

It would need a code change, so probably not. Maybe if someone will contribute to LeakNet patch

everytime i try to install the new megabuild i get the following error:

ShellExecuteEx failed; code 1.
Incorrect function.

Maybe try running the installer as administrator

sorry if its a dumb question, but how do i use the optional packs? do i replace the files in each eras folder individualy?

yes, you will need to copy all folders from, for example, Bonus Content\addons\hyper_weapons_reskin_pack\leather_arms_main and put them into, for example anon-hl2\hl2_2000

mega build 2024 version keeps telling me "unable to get engine factory"

Sorry, I don't know what the possible solution could be

[hl_love_hl_live]

Anyone know how to fix this
"Unable to get engine factory"

I have this shit too. Reinstwling windows helped

[Smokey Fungus]

There's several skyboxes in the new Mega Build that I've made but I'm not mentioned in the credits. Said skyboxes being:

-sky_vert01
-sky_airexchange01 in the 2000 and 2001 mappack folders
-sky_c17_05_citadel
-sky_citfar

[Витой]

There's several skyboxes in the new Mega Build that I've made but I'm not mentioned in the credits.

Yes, we know, sorry about that. There're quite a few people who contributed or whose work we used for Mega Patch / Mega Build and we forgot to add them to the credits list.
It will be updated in the nearest hotfix.

[TheLastPringle0]

I am having trouble unpacking this (in a Windows 11 VM, because I am on Linux). Is there a way to have a unpackaged version?

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I could now unpack it on the windows VM. I will see if it worked.

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Could extract it in a windows VM, moved files to linux but having trouble getting this to run in either Bottles or Lutris.

I'm having the same issue attempting to run it through Lutris, has anyone been able to run this version on Linux?

[Metro]

Great work on this release! I was just wondering about a few things:

- What game do I select to check out the new maps and features that have been added? 2003 Leak Story?

- Is there any reason why some mods/games were removed from this version of the Mega Build, such as the Air Exchange mod, City 17 mod, the fan-made fixes/maps, Half-Life: Source Beta, and The Thing mod?

- Can I add those above mods back to this version of the Mega Build without issues? (I've tried it with the Air Exchange mod and it seems to work fine.)

- Lastly, I read somewhere here that I don't need to apply the Mega Patch on this version of the Mega Build. I just wanted to double-check on that.

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Thanks for all the work you've put into this for all these years, it's amazing how much this continues to be updated to this day. I love seeing all of the passion that HL2 Beta still gets!

[JS101]

what happened to the community made map pack and some other mods in mega build?